Tingginya minat masyarakat Korea dalam pembelajaran bahasa Indonesia harus diimbangi dengan sistem pengajaran yang efektif dan efisien. Artikel ini menjelaskan masalah dan tantangan pengajaran Bahasa Indonesia untuk penutur asing dua dimensi sehingga dapat digunakan sebagai pedoman bagi guru dan peneliti. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif. Subyek penelitian adalah masalah dan tantangan pengajaran Bahasa Indonesia untuk penutur asing dua dimensi. Obyek penelitian adalah semester pertama HUFS siswa kampus global dan karyawan Samsung yang telah mempelajari bahasa Indonesia selama 300 jam di HUFS kampus global. Kemudian, penelitian ini dijelaskan secara deskriptif. Dari hasil, diketahui bahwa kedua dimensi pengajaran menghasilkan produk yang berbeda. Secara teoritis dan praktis, keterampilan bahasa peserta kursus lebih baik dari mahasiswa semester pertama HUFS. Hal ini dipengaruhi oleh kemauan dan motivasi dalam belajar bahasa Indonesia. Selain itu, sistem pengajaran yang berbeda juga mempengaruhi itu. Namun, itu merupakan tantangan bagi guru untuk merancang metode pengajaran yang efektif dan efisien.

This study investigates how EFL learner error patterns and frequencies differ in writing depending on students' language proficiency levels. A total of 152 Korean EFL students' essays were examined. The writing samples were first scored holistically on an impressionistic basis; then, based on the scores, the samples were grouped into low- and high-proficiency groups. The study identified 13 errors based on prevalence and significance. The study calculated the frequency of each error type committed by each group and compared the results using t-tests. A survey of English teachers was also conducted (N=32) to rate the gravity of each error and to compare the error gravity produced by each group. The result showed that low-proficiency group produced errors much more frequently, and the errors were more serious ones with high error gravity. The errors committed by the high-proficiency group were usually complex ones and occurred in more complicated contexts. The study also found that the errors with less gravity occurred more frequently in both groups and that they tended to be more persistent. The study indicated that although the students were aware of significance of errors, correcting the errors was beyond their current English capability.

The language threshold effect on comprehending an L2 (second language) text was experimentally examined, using two types of measurement tool, multiple-choice & true/false questions and a recall task for L2 reading comprehension. Cognitive processes implicated in each measure were delineated to allow a finer analysis on the role of L1 reading competence and L2 proficiency in comprehending an L2 text. In order to observe how one aspect of L2 proficiency, vocabulary knowledge, is related to language threshold effect, thirty-two 9th grade Korean students in Korea were given a vocabulary knowledge acquisition activity in a treatment condition between a pretest and a posttest. The relative contributions that L1 reading competence and L2 proficiency made to L2 reading comprehension were analyzed before the treatment and after the treatment using multiple-regression analysis technique. The findings of this repeated measure design were consistent with previous correlational studies showing that the role of L1 reading competence became stronger as L2 proficiency operationalized via vocabulary knowledge improved. What is elaborated in the present study is the fact that cognitive processes, initiated by a recall task, are more sensitive to the weakening of language threshold effects.

This study examines impartiality of an EFL academic language rest and compares academic language abilities for Indo-European (IE) and non Indo-European (NIE) language groups. Multiple-sample confirmatory factor analysis with mean structures was conducted on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores. Findings indicate that partial measurement invariance was established for both groups. The two-factor measurement model (LC and non-LC) was found the best fitting for both the groups, and factor loadings were comparable. Also, even though two intercepts (vocabulary and reading) were different across both groups, the difference was not practically meaningful. Accordingly, it was concluded that impartiality of the TOEFL score interpretation for the two groups could be supported. Findings also showed that mean academic language abilities (LC and non-LC) were not significantly different between the two groups, which lead to the conclusion that the receptive academic language abilities arc not influenced by the difference in L1 or in the way of language education they received. The claims about decisions and consequences of the use of the TOEFL were also discussed.